terms is also expanding on every continent. The ideology of Islamism is an ideal means of mobilizing radical losers because of the way it amalgamates religious, political and social motives. Contrary to what the West appears to believe, the destructive energy of Islamist actions is directed mainly against Muslims. In Algeria alone, Islamist terror has cost the lives of at least 50,000 fellow Algerians. Other sources speak of as many as 150,000 murders, although the military and the secret services were also involved. In Iraq and Afghanistan, too, the number of Muslim victims far outstrips the death toll of foreigners. Furthermore, terrorism has been highly detrimental not only to the image of Islam but also to the living conditions of Muslims around the world” (Enzensberger 2005 part 2).
The Islamists have no regard for their fellow believer, in the eyes of the